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April 30, 2010

The Source of All That Spam Dwells Among Us

We talked about how spam can hurt the company brand. But where is the spam coming from?   According to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 8, the bulk of the spam infilitrating... More >

April 28, 2010

How Spam Hurts Your Brand

I remember when I first began hearing the term "spam" (as it has to do with computers and not the canned meat product).  It was in 1993, when I spent time participating in Usenet groups.  Random porn... More >

April 26, 2010

More Security-Related Problems for XP

April hasn't been a good month for anyone who uses Windows XP and is concerned about computer security.  On Friday I talked about the McAfee update glitch that crashed computers around the world. &... More >

April 23, 2010

The Takeaway from the McAfee Update Fiasco

You probably heard about McAfee's update glitch, where a buggy update caused Windows XP computers to crash.  As reported on CNET News: The problem affected customers worldwide, including chipmaker... More >

April 21, 2010

The Debate About Passwords

Passwords to protect computer-based data have been around, well, forever, and it seems like every day, someone is asking me to create a user ID and password to visit a site.  In tandem, the age-old... More >

April 19, 2010

What Is Cyber Crime?

A comment to my post, Dangers of Cyber Crime on the Rise , asked: What exactly is cyber crime?   It's a good question. Cyber crime is a term that gets tossed about freely, but as Symantec stat... More >

April 14, 2010

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly News about Data Breaches

We'll start with the good news: 2009 had the fewest reported data breach incidents over the past four years, according to a report by Perimeter E-Security. The bad news: 2009 had the highest totals ... More >

April 13, 2010

How Social Media Helps with Security

Over the past months, I've written quite a bit about the security threats that lurk in social media . Let's face it, social media, while essential in today's business world, can also be a mine fiel... More >

April 12, 2010

Examining Network Forensics

Computer forensics have long focused on the end point, like the hard drive or cell phone, where the data is static.  Forensics through the network, however, where information is transient and there f... More >

April 7, 2010

Printers, The Forgotten Security Link

As companies and individuals focus on data security on computers, smartphones and mobile devices, they may forget to secure their printer.  Too often, printer security is little more than making sure... More >

April 6, 2010

Where Should You Focus Your Security Emphasis?

Last December, IT Business Edge blogger Mike Vizard wrote about security delusions in compliance, stating: All too often, there is a tendency to measure security in terms of compliance. Unfortunate... More >

April 5, 2010

Endpoint Security Concern Remains High

One of the greatest challenges in data security is protecting a moving target.  With laptops, netbooks, smartphones, portable hard drives and other multiple devices, developing a good security plan c... More >

April 2, 2010

Banking Industry Continues Its Fight Against Cybercrime

As I was reading some older articles here, I came across this piece by Susan Hall, where she wrote: A new class of malicious software is directed at online security technology implemented by Bank... More >

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